Amazon Conservation Team--Home Page __ "The Amazon
Conservation Team works in partnership with indigenous people in
conserving biodiversity, health and culture in tropical America."
Learn about their programs and there is a page for kids. -
illustrated - From ethnobotany.org -
http://www.ethnobotany.org/

Amazon Watch __ "Amazon Watch works to defend the
environment and rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon
basin." You will find "actions needed," news, programs, and much
more. - illustrated - From Amazon Watch -
http://www.amazonwatch.org/

The Electric Art Gallery: The Amazon Project to
Protect the Rainforest Environment __ "The Usko-Ayar (Quecha term
for "Spiritual Prince") is more than an art school. It is an
institution devoted to the rescue and preservation of the knowledge
and the traditions of the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon.
Their art is a documentation of the flora, fauna, and culture of the
Amazon, and it promotes and preserves the traditional knowledge of
medicinal and other plants of this region." - illustrated - From
egallery.com -
http://www.egallery.com/coll/amazon.php

The epidemiology of infectious diseases among South
American Indians __ "As we speak, many Yanomamo and other South
American Indians are ill and dying from preventable diseases. At the
same time, many other indigenous groups await contact with
outsiders, and when it finally occurs, a huge fraction of them will
die, again, from preventable causes. Why is this epidemiological
profile so bleak at a time when the causative organisms of this
suffering are well known, and when effective drugs and vaccines are
available to prevent it?" - From Professor A. Magdalena Hurtado -
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/eldorado/hurtado.html

The Huaorani of Ecuador __ "The Huaorani in the
Ecuadorian headwaters of the Amazon comprise about 1,500 people who
are living in up to 24 temporary settlements in an area of almost
20,000 sq. km, completely covered by rain forest." An excellent look
at the tribe. - illustrated - From Crystalinks -
http://www.crystalinks.com/huaorani.html

Indigenous peoples of the Andean
countries: cultural and political aspects __ "The study
is divided into two principal parts. In the first part a general
sketch of ecological, social and cultural conditions and the
historical development till the present is outlined. The second part
describes the development of the indigenous movement and its
organisations." A full text online book. A PDF file. - From
uu.se -
http://www.kus.uu.se/SABolstudie.pdf

Indigenous People, Law, and Politics in Peru __ You
will find a paper dealing with the following proposal: "Indigenous
people and the law is a relatively new and fascinating topic in
Andean studies. In the last fifteen years, an increasing number of
investigators have begun to investigate the use of national law by
indigenous people, and, more recently, interest in indigenous and
peasant law has also increased. The results of this research by
historians, anthropologists, and legal scholars have now provided
sufficient information to permit the elaboration of a preliminary
theoretical framework for understanding the use of legal mechanisms
by indigenous people in the Andes." - From Latin American Studies
Association -
http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/lasa95/drz.html

Indigenous people in South America: A
political awakening __ "Poverty and a new ethnic politics
have spawned radical Indian movements in the Andean countries. Are
these a threat or a boost to democracy?" An editorial. - From
economist.com -
http://www.economist.com/node/2446861

Indigenous Peoples of The World - The Huaorani __
"The Huaorani first came into contact with non-Huaorani (or cowode
as they refer to outsiders) in the late 1940s. The oil company,
Shell, had begun the first exploratory drilling on traditional
Huaorani lands. They very quickly abandoned the effort due to the
overwhelming fierceness they experienced from their "hosts." Learn
about what has happened since. - illustrated - From
peoplesoftheworld.org -
http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/text?people=Huaorani

The Last Tribal Battle __ "In the remote reaches of
the Brazilian rain forest, isolated Indians carry on as they have
for thousands of years. Should they be fenced off from the modern
world?" A thought provoking and detailed article. - illustrated -
From USF St. Petersburg -
http://www.stpt.usf.edu/~jsokolov/amazon.htm

List of Indigenous peoples of South
America __ "The following is a list of indigenous peoples of
South America. These include the peoples living in South American in
the precolumbian era and the historical and contemporary descendents
of those peoples." Most have live links to additional
information. - From Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indigenous_peoples_of_South_America

Native American Indian Cultures from Mexico and
South America __ While Mexico will be covered later under another
section, you will find tribe by tribe information about South
American Indians. - illustrated - from Hands Around the World -
http://indian-cultures.com/

The natives of Paraguay __ "The natives of Paraguay
belong, racially to three human types:" This page covers a lot of
material for a fairly brief overview of Native Americans in
Paraguay. - illustrated - From The Etnographic Museum "Andrés
Barbero" -
http://www.museobarbero.org.py/resumen_iii.htm

Survey of Indigenous Groups of the Greater Amazonian
Region __ "*In the countries bordering the Andean mountain chain, it
is difficult to differentiate between specifically Amazonian
populations and those who have only recently emigrated from the
highlands. We have excluded the latter from this report because,
along with other individuals, nationals, they belong to a pioneer
frontier gradually encroaching on the area we are looking at here.
But on the other hand, we have decided to include various Quichua
speaking populations (a predominant indigenous language in the
Andes), originally native American populations, who have been part
of the acculturation process for the last hundred years." - From
from THE SITUATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN TROPICAL FORESTS, Serge
Bahuchet ed. -
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Sonja/RF/Ukpr/Report33.htm